I cancelled my daughter’s 16th party after she got in trouble and she called me a terrible father

A father has been praised after revealing he cancelled his daughter’s birthday party when her unruly behaviour led to one of her friends falling ill.

The anonymous father from the US wrote a post on Reddit in which he explained he had promised his teenage daughter a 16th birthday party, but it came with a catch – she had to start behaving herself.

He told other Reddit users that his daughter’s behaviour improved to the point where he had begun organising the party, but then he got a call from her school which landed her in hot water.

According to the father, the teen had snuck a water bottle full of alcohol into the classroom, and one of her friends had consumed so much booze she had to see the school nurse.

In response to the shocking phone call, the father cancelled her birthday party – and other Reddit users agreed he had made the right decision.

As the father explained his predicament with the unruly teen, he said that his daughter’s behaviour could sometimes be unpredictable and that she sometimes ‘lashes out’ at home, The Mirror reports.

He explained he has hired tutors to try and improve her grades and has also begun taking her to a therapist. 

To try and curb her bad behaviour, the father told her he would throw her a 16th birthday party if she stayed out of trouble and got a good score on her upcoming maths test.

However, he wrote  ‘I get a call from the school on Wednesday that she had snuck in a water bottle filled with alcohol and one of her friends had to be sent to the nurse.’

The anguished father said he punished his daughter immediately and took away her electronic devices as soon as they got home. He is only letting her use her phone for emergencies.

As a final form of punishment, he has cancelled her 16th birthday party.

‘She got very upset and started screaming at me that I was the worst father in the world. She stormed up to her room and slammed the door,’ he said. 

After the father shared his story online, he was inundated with comments assuring him that he had done the right thing.

One person said he was a ‘good parent’ and that the daughter was lucky not to have been expelled.

Another said that he had given her conditions for the birthday party and she had broken them, so now she must ‘face the consequences’. 

One person who had read the father’s story suggested that the pair begin going to therapy together.